The Department of Homeland Security says it will remove age limits for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers amid a massive hiring push to power mass deportations.
As AP reports, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox & Friends that applicants as young as 18 could be hired on to join ICE under a new policy. That’s down from the agency’s current policy that requires personnel to be at least 21 and no older than 40.
A DHS press release said the change was happening so "even more patriots will qualify to join ICE."
In Arizona and elsewhere, armed and often masked ICE agents have stormed into places like courthouses, schools and job sites to arrest immigrants who are undocumented and — in some cases — those with legal status in the U.S.
The agency has also offered incentives like loan forgiveness programs to encourage applicants.
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Four people have been wounded or killed in ICE shootings across the county this month — including US citizen Renee Good, who died in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot into her car’s front window. -
The Alhambra Elementary School District is considering closing a campus that serves refugee families from across the globe. -
In a press release this week, city officials say they’re closely monitoring the situation of other cities — where the Trump administration has sent National Guard troops without requests from local or state governments. -
Indigenous peoples across the U.S. have been swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and an Arizona tribe is taking steps to safeguard its membership. -
Democratic members of Congress could be back in court this month after they say the Trump administration is again denying them immediate access to immigration detention facilities.
